From the Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Emory University of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Apr 1;42(4):e102-e104. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003824. Epub 2023 Jan 18.
HIV-positive children and adolescents face gaps in viral load (VL) testing. To understand trends in pediatric/adolescent VL testing, 7 countries collected data from Laboratory Information Management Systems. Results showed increasing proportion of VL tests done through dried blood spot (DBS) and decreased sample rejection rates for DBS compared with plasma, supporting use of DBS VL when skilled phlebotomy is unavailable.
HIV 阳性的儿童和青少年在病毒载量(VL)检测方面存在差距。为了了解儿科/青少年 VL 检测的趋势,7 个国家从实验室信息管理系统收集数据。结果表明,与血浆相比,通过干血斑(DBS)进行的 VL 检测比例增加,DBS 的样本拒收率降低,这支持在熟练采血不可用时使用 DBS VL。